This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanSlater Surnames: SELLERS, HUDSON, ROSE, SMITH, HORNER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11100/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Vol. 8 No. 166 The Press, Philadelphia, Saturday, February 14, 1860 PERSONAL AND POLITICAL Arrest Of Three Pennsylvanians From Greene County On A Charge Of Conspiring With Slaves In Virginia - The Waynesburg (Greene County) Republican, of the 7th inst., gives the following account of the arrest of three citizens of Greene county, in Virginia: "Three young men of this county - Atkinson H. Sellers, Walter Hudson, and Perry Rose - went over into Virginia last month to purchase furs, such as muskrat, mink, &e. "Sellers and Hudson left this county on the 16th ult., and travelled in company through parts of Monongalia, Marion, and Harrison counties making purchases at various places on their route. On Saturday, the 21st ult., a few miles from Clarksburg, Harrison county, they happened to fall in company with Rose, who had left home on the 18th ult., neither party having any previous knowledge of the whereabouts of the other. That evening all three went together to Clarksburg, to remain over Sabbath, and, on Sabbath night, they were all arrested and taken to prison. "Sellers and Hudson had retired for the night, at the hotel where they stopped, and were aroused from their slumbers to be informed by the sheriff of Harrison county that they were prisoners of the Sate of Virginia, and must march off to jail. Rose escaped the unpleasant operation of being "waked up" under such circumstances as he had not yet gone to bed. Naturally enough the young men were quite anxious to know what such extraordinary proceedings meant, when they were informed that they were charged with having conspired with slaves. "They were hurried off to jail, and cooped up in a small cell, and kept there until about two o'clock P.M., on Monday the 23rd, at which time they were taken out, and brought into the court-house for examination by a magistrate's court. A large crowd soon gathered into the court-house for examination by a magistrate's court. A large crowd soon gathered into the court room, all anxious to get a peep at the 'Abolitionists' who had invaded their State, for the purpose of raising an insurrection among their 'niggers.' "Every eye was turned towards the fellows, who (in the terrified imaginations of the Clarksburgers) pretended to be in search of fur, but really were on the hunt of wool. "I a short time the State Attorney called up the case, and displayed to the astonished gaze of the young men an array of some ten or twelve witnesses for the Commonwealth. Things began to look a little serious, and visions of Virginia penitentiaries and scaffolds, now doubt, occasionally danced before their eyes, for they were strangers, and they could no know how many there might be in that crowd of witnesses whose love for the 'peculiar institution' would prompt them to sear falsely against its supposed enemies. But, the, on the other hand, they knew that they had nothing to fear, if the witnesses would swear the truth, and the magistrates discharge their duty. So they took courage. The examination lasted some two hours, and at its close the young men were dismissed by the magistrates. "As they passed out of the court house, a fellow by the name of A.J. Smith, of Clarksburg, a person of rather unenviable character, (as we are informed,) and the same man on whose oath the warrant of arrest was issued, not content with having wrongfully thrown them into prison, imperiously ordered them to leave as soon as possible. It needed no incentive of this kind after what they had undergone, to hasten their steps homeward. They were already thoroughly convinced that they had better buy furs in some other locality. "The following are the facts which gave rise to the above proceedings, as the young men learned after their arrest and during their examination: saying the week preceding their arrest sellers and Hudson were at the store of a Mr. Horner, in Lumberport, a small place not far from Clarksburg. Here they purchased some furs, and here also, they became acquainted with Mr. James Y. Horner, of Clarksburg, the father of Mr. Horner the storekeeper, and here, too, they saw a black man, the slave of Mr. James Y. Horner. This negro was in the store where they were purchasing and pacing their furs, and thus they became acquainted with him. After dinner, on Sabbath, Sellers and Hudson were taking a walk 'to see the town' and they stopped in front of the residence of James Y. Horner to admire its beauty, and the beauty of its situation. While there, the same black man they had seen at Lumberport came up and spoke to them, and Hudson, somewhat surprised at seeing him there, said to him,! 'How did you get here?' There was some further conversation on the same subject, and while it was going on several negroes, who happened to be passing along the street, stopped close by. In a very short time, Sellers and Hudson passed on, and returned to their hotel without giving the occurrence a moment's thought. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: suprager Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/1181.133.1602.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi We may share the same grandfather. I was given up for adoption in 1954. mother was Mildred Lucille. One of three daughters of Lewis and Annie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

----- Original Message ----- From: Bill To: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Cc: PAWASHIN@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:13 AM Subject: "AUNT BECKY" FERREL OF WAYNESBURG, INTERVIEWED Thank you Jan, for posting yet another important segment of African American History of Greene and Washington Counties, as well as Fayette County, Pennsylvania. I am a Ferrell and a Workman, and the story "Aunt Becky" tells, is my Family's story. Searching thru the census records for all three Counties has been......"interesting". I can't wait for your next posting! Bill Davison ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:56 AM Subject: [PAGRE] BLAINE'S SCHOOL DAYS - "AUNT BECKY" FERREL OF WAYNESBURG,INTERVIEWED

I feel I should put a WARNING first just in case. If you visit this URL, be prepared to see many images (including teens and young children) lying in their caskets before burials. A few pics show older casket sides, handles, etc. The "plain pine box" is shown. Below the pictures are some interesting facts. Also if you are on dial-up, it will load slowly because there are so many pictures on the page. http://www.gravesights.org/postmortem.htm (<---- WARNING -- Posibly upsetting pictures) Judy

Lou, You could also just contact cemeteries and talk to the men who dig graves /inter / uninter or reinter bodies and ask if they've seen anything similar. Also, monument companies re-pour footers, reset stones and refill sunken graves because they might have seen such remnants. On a few of the images you sent, they appeared to be round with bark? You could see the inner tree growth (lighter rings--- like the main trunk would show, but the trunk's are darker and wider). At least what they looked like to *me* was that someone had neatly cut a small branch into slices. Is that a possibility? Also how far down were these? Logicistically they wouldn't rise from an old grave, so is the theory that burrowing animals brought these into the mound from another place? Just questions that hit me as I looked at the pictures. Judy On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:01 PM, <Lemeterio@aol.com> wrote: > > Dear lists, > Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War era. > I was cleaning up our family cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a > ground > hog mound, several pieces of something man-made that I can only think was > part of a casket or caskets. They are heavier than rock but apparently > non-ferrous as they aren’t attracted to a magnet. > Thanks, > Lou > Lou Emeterio > lemeterio@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanSlater Surnames: FERREL, BLAINE, GILLESPIE, EWING, SHERMAN, BALOW (?), WORKMAN, McGURGAN, BOYLE, CUNNINGHAM, BOLDEN, BEALL, STOWE, WHITE, SAGE, ACHESON, HART, McKENNAN, McFADDEN, CODY, LAZEAR, SEARIGHT, STOUFFER, LEMOYNE, BAYARD Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11099/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Waynesburg Republican, June 28, 1894 BLAINE'S SCHOOL DAYS "AUNT BECKY" FERREL OF WAYNESBURG, INTERVIEWED. Some Unwritten History Brought to Light by a Well Known Writer - His First Step Into the World's History at Washington. "Yes, Chile, I knowed Jim Blaine as well as I knowed anybody - that is, when he was a little shaver and as devilish as they made 'em. Didn't never see nothing' of him after he growed up, but Brother Si did." Aunt Becky slung the pretty soapsuds off her brown old hands, wiped the seat of hones toil on one corner of checked apron and invited us to "come into the room." The familiar face of James Gillespie Blaine looking kindly down upon us from the wall, otherwise adorned with pictures of Aunt Becky and her "dead and gone" husband, and it almost seemed as if his photographic shadow divined our errand. Though not exactly of the same color, Aunt Becky and the chronicler are something akin since "brung up: in the same neck of the woods, said "woods" being that spot upon the map marked Waynesburg, situated in Greene county, otherwise the "state of Greene", by reason of its political activity. As children of Waynesburg we had always known enough to respect Aunt Becky Ferrel, b! ecause she had grown up in the service of the Blaine family, and to respect her brother, Uncle Josiah Workman, because he had "toted Jim Blaine when he was a kid," and for that matter, to treat with more consideration than we would otherwise, all the little chocolate drops known as the offspring's of these distinguished colored folks, "because as we then understood it "they were relations of the Blaines." But only now, after more years than I care to confess and after all the "poor white trash" seem to be tired out, reminiscening (sic) over the Blaines, Gillespies, Ewings, Shermans, Balows?? and others of this honorable connection, did it occur to me to hear from some of the old colored survivors. Aunt Becky had her tubs on the porch and though confessedly 71 year old, was rubbing away with a vigor that would have done credit to one third of her years. She had helped was Jim Blaine's clothes many a time when he was not much more than a baby and she young in her teens. She had washed and dressed "little Jim," too, more times than once, though she was not his nurse. Brother Si might be called that, since he was always set to watch him, "and he needed watchin, too, for there was never no tellin' what he'd git into." But when we ventured the opinion he must have an unusually mischievous child, Aunt Becky would not agree. "He wuz not a whit worse ner other boys. Of course, birds' nests tempted him some, but Lord! them do all boys. All the Blaine boys got punished for anything like that. They wuz well brought up. Their mother wuz an uncommon pious woman, a strict Roman Cath'lic. She wuz a Gillespie you know. All them Gillespies wuz Cath'lics." "And the Blaines, Aunt Becky, what was their religion?" "Lord! child. they hadn't none; leastwise 'Squire Blaine hadn't. 'Sposen it's no harm to say it now, he's been dead and gone so long; but the squire could swear powerful. He cussed the Cath'lics, too, but Miss Blaine, she didn't mind; she had the young'ns all baptized in her church. But they didn't all grow up Cath'lics. Jim didn't for one; he tuk after the Blaines, only I don't know as he wuz a hard swearer. But there never wuz a Gillespie what wasn't a Roman Catholic. Elizabeth Gillespie, her as wuz Jim's grandmother, is buried in the Cath'lic cemetery upon the hill younder. Did you know that, honey?" "Honey" did not know that, it being her impression Grandmother Gillespie's body had been removed to Brownsville. But we found the grave, as Aunt Becky said we would, "on the hill," in the most obscure corner of the enclosure; the mound, shapeless and grassless, marked by a plain gray slab, bearing the talismanic cross, and the inscription, "Elizabeth A., wife of Niel Gillespie, died August 27th 18__. in her 77th year. May she rest in peace." She is the only one of her family buried here, her death having occurred at the house of her son William, some six miles above Waynesburg, upon what was know for years afterward as the Gillespie farm, until bought by Judge Lindsey, whose heirs still own it. William Gillespie moved away from Greene county, and not even Aunt Becky remembers that any of the family ever visited the lone grave, though one of Niel Gillespie's sister, Mother Angelo, who founded the order of the Holy Cross at Cincinnati, has sent vestments to the Waynesburg church (the first set owned by the church, I think,) and by other like kindness to the church has shown the family's representative "on the hill" is not forgotten. There is only one living representative of this family in Waynesburg, Mrs. Frank McGurgan, who was a Boyle. It was Niel Gillespie's sister who married the gallant young Irishman, Hugh Boyle. And so the "state of Greene," celebrated for its Democracy, for its progressive little capital, with its fine parks (the only town west of the Alleghenies that has a park,) boasting of Daniel Cunningham, the only man in Pennsylvania who fought in the pope's army against Garibaldi; yet, with all these unique features, quite one town's share, it remains that Waynesburg is not "in it" along with neighbor Washington when it come to Blaine history. "Oh, if it's Blaine matter you want, stop off in Little Washington. They are still running Jim Blaine for President over there," said a Waynesburger, and the remark calls for an explanation. You see, Washington has a crematory and Waynesburg has not, while Waynesburg has a park with two fountains that splash and spray water and with the most citified notices to "keep off the grass;" furthermore in this park, in what was then the old Catholic burying ground, for years reposed the body of Blaine's grandmother, but neither a park, nor a fountain nor a keep-off-the grass sign has Washington, though she has had her oil boom, while Waynesburg -- well, she has her boom to get. While each of these progressive towns -- and honors are easy on the score of electric light... has famous colleges, it happens --fortunately that Blaine was only graduated from one of them. Quite naturally this, together with the rival attractions above, referred to, occasion a little "feeling" among thes! e neighbors, and so Washington, with a cultivated pathos in her voice always pitying says, "poor Waynesburg " and Waynesburg, and in order to keep Washington from feeling just too big for anything, never fails to remind her she is "little Washington," which term has much the same effect upon a Washingtonian that the red rag has to a certain infuriated animal. But I stopped off at Washington, for Aunt Becky had instructed me to see her nephew, Henry Bolden, who was born and raised near the Blaines and he "could tell everything and more too." I found Washington quite the reverse of "little," especially when came to hospitality and Continued on Fourth Page. Continued from First Page Blaine memories. It is not so much Blaine, the politician that is worshipped there, but Blaine, the school boy, friend and neighbor. His personal qualities are not forgotten. The town abounds in stories and reminiscences of his college days, when he was in his closing teens and fullest of boyish enthusiasm. Here his first sweet heart still lives, a "college widow." Just why the marriage never took place is not known, but we know it would not at that time have been just the greatest match a pretty girl could make to marry Jim Blaine. Washington certainly can (unreadable) down: Waynesburg in the matter of Blaine relatives. The little city abounds with his distinguished connections. There are still a good many who remember when Ephraim Blaine with his family of little people moved to Washington. This was after he had been elected prothonotary , and a mention of this canvass always brings out the story of how the opposition tried to defeat him by circulating that he was of the Catholic religion, whereupon Squire Blaine instructed some on to write to the priest at Brownsville and find out. The following reply of the priest referred to forever settle the matter, and as was supposed secured his election: "No! Ephraim Blaine is not a Catholic; nor, in my opinion, is he fit to be a member of any church." The new courthouse had just been finished and Ephraim Blaine was the first prothonotary to occupy the new room. Through the courtesy of W. C. Baldwin, one of Washington's citizens and a Blaine worshipper, I was privileged to visit the room which is still the prothonotary's office. The only change made has been the introduction of larger windows and the removal of Blaine' (sic) old desk. On one of the small panes removed appears the name of Ephraim Blaine stretching crooked clear across it. This was cut in with a diamond which the "squire: is said to have "sported." Surely that smacks loudly of prosperity and a very human vanity. The squire is credited with having had a watchful eye on the family finances in general, and by reason of such interest had his father-in-law, Niel Gillespie, tried for lunacy. It seems Grandfather Gillespie was fond of the ladies (rest his soul!) and would load up his buggy with fine silk dress patterns and go through the country distributi! ng them right and left. His relative-in-law got unease over such recklessness and had him arraigned. Zepheniah Beall, his brother-in-law, with two other "good men and true," were the examining committee. From the verbal description I have had of the old gentleman's physical make up, I judge had and Abraham Lincoln could have passed for brothers. It is an incident of the trial that he turned upon Ephraim Blaine, raising his long arm, pointed his bony index finger in the face of the his greedy son-in-law said: "Ephraim, how many farms had I when you married my daughter!" "Seven." How many had you?" "None." "How many did I then give you?" "One." "How many have you now?" None "How many have I now?" "Eight." (Curtain) The records in the prothonotary's office seem to show that Ephraim Blaine was a man well qualified for the office; and judging by his legible and attractive chirography he could write by rule as well as swear by rote. All down the pages his signature appears, clean and uniform never showing a pen-stroke of difference, and always finished with the same neat little flourish underneath. Of course visitors to this office felt cheated because young Jim was not then old enough to assist his father in the office, in which event the books setting forth his clerical ability would now be upon exhibition. But Aunt Becky's relative, Henry Bolden, assured me young Jim was then enjoying his play days - that is, enjoying them when not getting punished, which happened all too frequently to be funny. One of his mother's favorite means of punishment for an infringement of her rules was to make Jim wear on of his sister's dresses. This was not only ignominious but inconvenient. As his sister was quite tall he found the long drapery a great impediment to locomotion. It is told of one occasion, when so attired and in the midst of his affliction he heard the shouts of the boys playing ball on the green near the house; the temptation was irresistible. He twisted the hateful skirt around his waist, letting it float over one arm, and with a whoop of freedom plunged into th! e thickest of the players. "Uncle Henry" is not responsible for that story. He remembers young Jim better when several years later, after his father had moved from Washington, he returned to attend college, making his home the while with his relative, Major Ewing. The young colored lad had a home there also, and if anyone doubts it is a good one, let him interview Uncle Henry, so loyal to the old stock, and of whom he says: "No such people now' adays - much as I can do to endure some people these times, for you see I am used to so much better. Our best people now are in the cemetery." There was no color line in those days. Many a meal, Uncle Henry says, he has eaten with Jim Blaine and the Ewings, "and all served alike." The boys tried to teach him from their books, and young Jim would get fighting mad because Henry did not show greater disposition to learn. But when cornered, Uncle Henry reluctantly admitted that Blaine was not rated the most progressive boy in s! chool. He only stood "middling well," was not valedictorian of his cl ass and had contested for the honors for his society and lost. Blaine belonged to the Washington society, but all the Ewings (Henry included) were Unions. Uncle Henry said he only "leaned" with the Ewings, but he thought he was a member just the same. Uncle Henry has several books there were used by Blaine. These he keeps in his barbershop where we found him, much to disgust, it being in his opinion "no fit place for ladies." He had sent us word not to come, as he did not care to be interviewed: anyway, "there were white people in town who knew as much as he did" - a great compliment to the white folks, of course - but Uncle Henry suited out (sic) purposes better, for was he not Aunt Becky's own relative! For two mortal hours there was neither shaving nor shampooing in that shop, though Uncle Henry, too polite to sit in our presence, stood in a business-like attitude back of the barber's-chair. So much afraid of "telling tales out of school" in the beginning, the historian gained courage as the interview progressed, and proved himself no less susceptible to womanly blandishments than his sex in general, colored or white. Whether learned under Jim Blaine's tuition or received by absorption through living among the "be! st people," it must be said that Uncle Henry talks well, better than many a man noted for his "book learning." Along with Blaine's school books Uncle Henry has reverently preserved some old college catalogues. These show that Blaine entered that school in 1843 and was graduated in 1847. It is interesting to notice the names of men who have since attained distinction, appearing in these catalogues and during Blaine's time. Of legal talent there is a showing literally too numerous to mention; but of those having reached the "bench" we noticed as most familiar to us those of Judges Stowe, White, Sage, Ewing, Acheson, Hart, McKennan, O. B. McFadden and Cody, now of Olympia, state of Washington. Nicknames belonged to all these "boys" at school, but Uncle Henry could not recall them. He remembered Jim Blaine was always called "Nosey" Blaine, and that "Tom" Lazear, Pittsburg's (sic) clever lawyer, having the misfortune to hail from "poor Waynesburg," was "Irish Tom, the verdant Son of Greene;" while Thomas Benton Searight, known to us familiarly as Col. Tom, was respectfully called Be! nton, but always, affectionately (?) as "Red-Head." Of all Uncle Henry's recollections those of "Red-Head" seem to be the most amusing to him. The barber echoed several hearty laughs, chorused by us when he tried to tell us of Col. Tom's school-day pranks, which we out of deference to his present day's dignity, promise not to repeat. Uncle Henry had a recent letter from Col Searight which he produced with pardonable pride and allowed us to read. It seems Uncle Henry had written the colonel for a copy of the forthcoming history of the old National turnpike, now in press, and in backing his claims for a complimentary copy, had referred to some of "Red-Heads" campus speeches. Col. Searight had replied in substance that anyone having heard those speeches was entitled to a copy of this history, and Henry should have his as soon as out of press. Uncle Henry says; "Young Benton Searight was a born speech maker; there was simply no keeping him speechifying, and he was always, most eloquent long abut midnight, or from that until ! morning. You see the boys would be returning from seeing their girls, or maybe somewhere else, but they would always meet on the college campus before going home; then Searight would mount the steps for a platform and orate so loud and so long that some one of the faculty was sure to hear the fuss or else someone would report, and the next thing the college authorities would be along to break up the meeting. The boys would meet the faculty next perhaps, but would repeat the performance that same evening." Having heard that Blaine was noted for his oratorical talents while at this school one of us ventured to inquire if he did not do some "speechifying" upon these occasions, when Uncle Henry said: " he never got a chance, 'Bent' Searight always got there first. No one could have mad a speech then if they had had one ready. It was all the boys could do to keep their sides from busting. Why they would just roll over the campass (sic) in every direction holding their sides." "Were they political speeches, Uncle Henry?" "Oh, all kinds. Searight was a Tory, or thought he was. But Blaine was a Whig all right enough. So was I, and furthermore I am one of the four men in this town who went down with Whigs and came up with them. All the Republicans here are converts; I played the fife at the convention that nominated Freemont. Yes, Miss, I heard Blaine say intended to be president some day. Seeing the name of Charles J. Stouffer catalogues in Blaine's class of '47 reminded me that Mrs. Stouffer had told me her husband and Blaine were intimate friends at this school and that whenever Blaine wanted his chum Charley Stouffer to grant him a favor, he would promise him he should be secretary of state when he (Blaine) got to be president. Although this, the goal of his ambition, was never reached, more is the pity! Yet his life from the time he left Washington and Jefferson college down to the time of his death read like a political romance. Only 12 years afterward he was elected to the Maine legislature; three years later to congress; then successively cabinet officer, United States minister and presidential candidate, coming within 524 votes of being elected. Washington delights to talk of the last time Blaine visited his alma mater We all remember it was during his last political campaign, and when Washington county met him with a delegation that flooded Pittsburg, Uncle Henry was among the number and he has no other remembrance which he hugs so closely as the meeting with Blaine in the crowded corriders (sic) of the Monongahela house. Henry says he was "keeping back a little" while men of all parties passed about the great statesman, but all at one Blaine spied him, and making his way to the wall agai! nst which he leaned, Blaine laid one hand on his shoulder, grasped his right hand with the other, and with apparent emotion said: "Why Henry Bolden, are you here too?" Whereon Judge Stowe said: "Well Henry you do ho'd your own with any of us. Why, you were 100 years old when we all went to school up there." Among the many who came down from Washington, since not sure the "plumed knight" could take time to go to them, was Hon. John Ewing, who had only the day before celebrated his 93rd birthday. When he appeared in the crowd, someone said: Why, there is Maj. Ewing!" And catching the words Blain Wheeled rround (sic), put his arms lovingly about the old man's neck, saying: "Why uncle! This is indeed a glad surprise." But Washington need not have gone to Blaine, for Blaine went to Washington, and from the steps of the old college addressed the people. The reception committee had escorted him to the front of the magnificent new building, but he asked to be permitted to speak from the door through which he had passed so often in the old days. Many who did not have the pleasure of hearing the magnetic speaker will remember reading that heartsome (sic) address, in which he apologized for his emotion, which he said might seem affected in view of his prolonged absence from his alma mater, but for which his exceptionally busy life was alone responsible. It was not that he loved Maine more nor Pennsylvania less that he had stayed away 35 years for in his own words, "My attachment to Pennsylvania and Main can no more conflict than does the attachment a man has for his wife and his mother. To-day I visit my mother and I am sure I bring a heart full of kindly recollections to all with whom I was! associated, and to their descendants, and to this venerable institution for which I have a feeling of reverence. I have desired never to omit a fitting acknowledgement of the great obligations I feel under to this school; and I may say here, that having in other relations of life had experience of colleges that in the world's reckoning are more famous, I have met none that for thoughtfulness and utility of instruction, have gone beyond my own recollections of the college at Washington." Let it be borne in mind, Blaine had had no experience in or of Waynesburg college! Several were the anecdotes of this visit, drawn out of Uncle Henry and and (repeated word) abundant additional proof of Mr. Blaine's remarkable memory for faces and names. Upon this visit, when meeting so many people he had not seen for 35 years he never came nearer forgetting than when he mistook Miss Madaline Lemoyne for her sister. Everyone colored or white, were quickly recognized and given a special greeting which left no one doubting that Mr. Blaine knew them from Adam and Eve. All old servitors of either Blaine or Gillespie family were rewarded by a gift of money before they were bidden goodby (sic). I remember when old "Uncle Si" Workman came home to Waynesburg the richer by $25 for having gone to Pittsburg to see the great man whom he "toted when a kid," and whom, by his own acknowledgement, he had wished he dared drown as they did the supurfluous (sic) kittens and pupies (sic) of the place. Of course Mr. Blaine visited the hall of the Washington Literary soc! iety, from which place he spoke for the benefit of the college boys, dwelling upon the advantage of society drill in speaking, assuring them that if they attained confidence to address the society with still greater ease, address mass meeting of 10,000 people. In looking over the archives of the society, the minutes during Mr. Blaine's course were resurrected and furnished him a good deal of amusement. He at one place recognized his own handwriting; at another he said: "that is Tom Searight's," then he smiled as he said: "Blaine fined for non-performance." MARY TEMPLE BAYARD Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Lou, They are likely cast parts made of pot metal like babbitt or white metal in some combination like tin and copper or tin and antimony. But zinc, lead and copper were also used in combinations as they were inexpensive, easy to cast and dress up to look good but don't hold up very well over time to acidic conditions. I have seen handle brackets made this way on remnants of old coffins that have been accidentally dug up with backhoes. Most coffins were made of wood prior to the mass production of metal coffins in the 1940s. In furniture advertisements I have seen wooden coffins with metal handles from the Civil War period. The coffins would have been purchased from the local furniture store. I have found some relatives that were cabinet makers but later went into selling furniture and funeral directing out of the same storefront. It was a known trend after the industrial revolution too hold. It was quite common in advertising both furniture and undertaking to be handled out of one store. Aluminum was very expensive and not used in pot metal at the time of the Civil War. It was a very rare metal at that time. And ferrous metals required too much heat to be easily melted for cheap parts. And it was more difficult to cast. In the parts that I examined even the handle grips were made of inferior metal wrapped around a wooden core the latter having provided the strength. Even better metals would not hold up well before the time of vaults. But it sounds like you found a piece or pieces made of pot metal. Robert In a message dated 3/17/2009 3:12:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pagreene-request@rootsweb.com writes: Dear lists, Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War era. I was cleaning up our family cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a ground hog mound, several pieces of something man-made that I can only think was part of a casket or caskets. They are heavier than rock but apparently non-ferrous as they aren?t attracted to a magnet. Thanks, Lou Lou Emeterio lemeterio@aol.com **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219850974x1201371016/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62)

Is it possible for someone to check the will of Margaret Ann WHITE (MOORE) for me? I have all of the lookup infiormation. I am trying to see if the daughter Nellie B. or R. was living when Margaret died and if Nellie was married. I have had a terrible time trying to find Nellie WHITE-daughter of Perry and Margaret (MOORE) WHITE> She was born January 1888 in Greene county, PA. She is in the 1910 census with her mother and father and a sister. She is in a photo taken about 1914 and appears to be single-unless she had a hubby in WWI. I haven't found her as a single person in the 1920 census. She is not mentioned in the obituary of her mother or father (1927 and 1941).   WILL: File No: 10161-Date of Registry: Sep 29, 1927-WHITE, Margaret Ann-Administrator: P. J. WHITE -Book 18, page 176-Date of Death: Sep 17, 1927 (SOURCE>Greene County, Pennsylvania Recorder)    Thank you for any help. I just want to close the case on Nellie WHITE!  Pam         

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deanph9579 Surnames: phillippi Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/7479.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My father, Robert M. Phillippi, was married to an Eleanor Kemp Phillippi, and they once lived in Washington, Penna, and moved to Belle Glade, Florida, he is now deceased, and Eleanor moved back to Ohio to live with her brother, and is living with her daughter Janet, and I do not know her last name, nor contact information, but they are now living in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Dean Phillippi Dean9579@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deanph9579 Surnames: PHILLIPPI Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/7479.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My father, Robert M. Phillippi, was married to an Eleanor Kemp Phillippi, who had a brother in Ohio, and she now lives in Washington, Penna, or Cannonsburg, Penna. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hello, I am working on the Isiminger line. I need some help. I've posted several obits on the line but just can't put them together the way the obits say. You can contact me at LNMallett at aol.com or phone me at 1-304-776-1413. A memorial for one of them is being placed and my tree does not look right on this line and does not add up with the Greene Co. Books. Any help will be appreciated. Laura N. Mallett, GRI Laura N. Mallett, GRI _www.lauramallett.net_ (http://www.lauramallett.net/) and _www.lauramallett.com_ (http://www.lauramallett.com/) These sites are continually changing _http://www.pa-roots.org/data/list.php?412_ (http://www.pa-roots.org/data/list.php?412) **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

Some caskets in the 1800's were lead lined.  That may be what you found. Shellee Anderson ________________________________ From: "Lemeterio@aol.com" <Lemeterio@aol.com> To: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com; WVMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com; WVMONONG-L@rootsweb.com; WVOHIO-L@rootsweb.com; PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com; WVWETZEL-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Descendant@rso.net; tomlaurel810@sbcglobal.net; Bill Baran <WBaran@prodigy.net>; Bethmyster@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:01:34 PM Subject: [PAGRE] Artifacts found in Cemetery - need burial info Dear lists, Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War  era.  I was cleaning up our family  cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a ground hog mound, several pieces of  something man-made that I can only think was part of a casket or caskets. They  are heavier than rock but apparently non-ferrous as they aren’t attracted to a  magnet. Thanks, Lou Lou Emeterio lemeterio@aol.com **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lou,   I'd suggest contacting one of the local funeral homes.  I'll bet they can provide some insight into burials at that time.  Perhaps you could even find one that's been in business for a long period of time?   Carole Clarke --- On Sun, 3/15/09, Lemeterio@aol.com <Lemeterio@aol.com> wrote: From: Lemeterio@aol.com <Lemeterio@aol.com> Subject: [PAGRE] Artifacts found in Cemetery - need burial info To: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com, WVMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com, WVMONONG-L@rootsweb.com, WVOHIO-L@rootsweb.com, PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com, WVWETZEL-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Descendant@rso.net, tomlaurel810@sbcglobal.net, "Bill Baran" <WBaran@prodigy.net>, Bethmyster@aol.com Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 5:01 PM Dear lists, Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War era. I was cleaning up our family cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a ground hog mound, several pieces of something man-made that I can only think was part of a casket or caskets. They are heavier than rock but apparently non-ferrous as they aren’t attracted to a magnet. Thanks, Lou Lou Emeterio lemeterio@aol.com **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear lists, Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War era. I was cleaning up our family cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a ground hog mound, several pieces of something man-made that I can only think was part of a casket or caskets. They are heavier than rock but apparently non-ferrous as they aren’t attracted to a magnet. Thanks, Lou Lou Emeterio lemeterio@aol.com **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RRFOX126391 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11096.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Another look at the picture and a look at the Cemetery Record Book for the cemetery looks like 1864 birth year for George. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RRFOX126391 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11096.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: George and Rebecca are buried in the Fairall Cemetery, Whiteley Township, Greene Co., PA. The dates on the markers are for George 1854-1950 and for Rebecca 1853-1927. Pictures are attached. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Shellee, The 1860 census has a Samuel "Groves" in Whitley Township, age 41 born Ohio, Occupation Miller and by the looks of the property value it is possible he owned a mill.??Wife Sarah age 30 born Pennsylvania.? Children all born Pennsylvania - Elizabeth 14, Caroline 12, Ellen 10, Alcinda 6, William 3, and Laura 4/12.? There is no Samuel Grove listed for Greene County.? I am not finding this family with any certainty for 1850 or 1870 but in 1880 Samuel and Sarah are living in Waynesburg with Ellen 26, William 22, Emma 20 and 73 year-old Ellen Lippencott. Hope this information is of some help. Jan Slater -----Original Message----- From: Shellee Anderson <shelleeanderson@ymail.com> To: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 1:53 pm Subject: [PAGRE] Fw: Names Mentioned in Testimony part 2 of 3 - Zimmerman Murder Trial 1859 I looked up Samuel Grove?in the full report and found that he was on the jury and also mentioned in testimony a number of times.? I have an ancestor named Samuel Grove who had a son by the name of Samuel Grove but they both lived in Meigs County, Ohio in 1859.? Does anyone have more information on the Samuel Grove affiliated with the Zimmerman Murder Trial? Shellee Anderson ________________________________ From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 6:11:14 PM Subject: [PAGRE] Names Mentioned in Testimony part 2 of 3 - Zimmerman Murder Trial 1859 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanSlater12 Surnames: WISECARVER, HERRINGTON, KEMPEY, McVAY, PETERSON, MORRIS, HOOK, GREEN, WELLS, McDONALD, SEATON, LANTZ, SHIELDS, WELLS, WISE, HAYES, SUTTLES, HOOK, MILLER, YEATER, NISELY, WHITE, BEALER, KNISELY, DOWNEY, WITLATCH, STEWART, HUSS, McVAY, RINEHART, GRECO, WHITLATCH, RINEHART, CAMPBELL, GROVE, GANIER, MONROE, HOMES, PERSHESNT(?), SCOTT, BAKER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities..northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11092/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On December 20, 1859 DANIEL DITCHER, WILLIAM WORKMAN, ALFRED WELLS, GEORGE SEATON, DANIEL CLIFFORD, JAMES WORKMAN, HENRY SUTTLES and ROBERT SUTTLES went on trial for the murder of William Sealy Zimmerman on the 25th of August of the same year.? Over the course of the next? seven days, excepting Christmas day, 107 witness testified between the prosecution and the defense. Names mentioned in the testimony part 2 of 3 George Wisecarver Allen Herrington Joseph Kempey James McVay Samuel Peterson John Morris John Hook Jesse Hook Morris Green Will Wells Sam Peterson McDonald Seaton Andrew Lantz John Shields Alfred Wells Morgan R. Wise Jim Hayes Henry Suttles Robert J. Hook Mrs. Miller Joseph Yeater George Nisely White Bealer Knisely R.W.. Downey Rev.Witlatch Colored man by the name of Stewa rt Jack Huss Jas McVay Rinehart Morris Greco Whitlatch Morris Rinehart Campbell Sam Grove Mrs. Ganier Sarah Ganier William Monroe Delilah Homes Tachesl Pershesnt (?) Sarah Scott Mary Jane Baker A complete list of defendants, attorneys, witnesses and names mentioned in testimony and a link to the trial transcript published in the Waynesburg Republican can be found here: http://home.comcast.net/~janslater/List_of_Trial.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pattyhager1951 Surnames: Kintyhtt/Kinty/Kuhn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11098/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to locate information on my great grandparents. Their last name was Kintyhtt and they were from Green County across the WV border. The name was changed later to Kinty and there were three children born to Daniel Kintyhtt and his wife Sara Kuhn Kintyhtt. Any help is greatly appreciated. Patty in WV Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pattyhager1951 Surnames: Kintyhtt/Kinty/Kuhn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11097/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to locate information on my great grandparents. Their last name was Kintyhtt and they were from Green County across the WV border. The name was changed later to Kinty and there were three children born to Daniel Kintyhtt and his wife Sara Kuhn Kintyhtt. Any help is greatly appreciated. Patty in WV Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LeslieNelson53 Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11096.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is Rebecca's from the Waynesburg Republican, 13 Jan 1927. (Sorry, I don't have George's obit.) Mrs. George G. West Mrs. Rebecca Gordon West, wife of George G. West, died at their home in Whiteley township, Wednesday evening, Januaury 5, at 10:30 o'clock of a complication of diseases. She had not been well for about two months, but was able to be about the house until the first of the week when her condition became more critical. Her death was unexpected and came as a shock to her relatives and friends, many of whom did not know she was seriously ill. Mrs. West was a daughter of John Adam Gordon, first county superintendent of schools in Greene county, and Rebecca Crawford Gordon, deceased, and was born March 31, 1853. Her mother died when she was but an infant and she was reared in the home of her grandparents, Judge and Mrs. Mark Gordon. When a young woman she attended Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio, and for several years taught in the schools of Greene county. Mrs. West was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Waynesburg and always retained her membership in that congregatio! n although until her health began to fail she was a regular attendant at the Fairall Methodist Episcopal church and was active in the church and Sunday school work, teaching a class in the Sunday school for many years. She had a kind a loving disposition and was highly esteemed by all who knew her and will be greatly missed in the community in which she had always lived. On June 18, 1892 she was united in marriage with George G. West, who survives. She also leaves two half-brothers, Edgar C. Gordon, of Waynesburg, and Solomon Gordon, of Pittsburgh. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Fairall M.E. church, conducted by the Rev. James Edgar Wilson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Waynesburg, assisted by Rev. H.M. Jenkins, pastor of the Fairall church. Interment in the Fairall cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.